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I found a web site about the "240 Landmarks of Japanese Automotive Technology" and was looking at the landmark motorcycles. Second-to-last on the chronologically-ordered list was the "2002 Suzuki Choinori".

Upon opening the page [link] , I saw photos of an odd-looking scooter. The text below the photos described the Choinori as a short-distance commuter scooter that had been carefully studied to reduce mass, rationalize parts, and achieve high quality.

Plastic parts are made of coloured resin so that they don't have to be painted. Nuts and bolts are avoided as far as possible. The complexity, weight, and assembly cost of a pivoting swingarm, rear springs, and rear shock absorbers have been eliminated by, erm, mounting the rear axle directly to the frame! There's a trade-off right there: bottom line vs. bottom-friendliness, and spine friendliness for that matter.

The result of this austerity is a 50cc single-seat scooter that costs Y59,800. It is called "Choi Nori" to reflect its purpose. In Japan, a large, long-distance motorcycle is called a "Toh-nori", or "long ride". "Choi Nori" means "short ride", so the Choi Nori is a short-distance commuter scooter.

The initial sketch was done with a 0.5 mechanical pencil and 2H leads. Cleanup was done with another 0.5 mechanical pencil with 2B leads, and then the cleaned sketch was inked with an extra-fine ballpoint pen, erased, and scanned in black and white. The scan was then enlarged, printed, and traced with the same ballpoint pen. The tracing was scanned in black and white, retouched to erase mistakes, and submitted.

I'm using a Creative Commons Share Alike licence so that anyone who wants to colour it or otherwise modify it is free to do so as long as they also share it on a similar licence. I'm allowing commercial use mainly so that this can be submitted to Wikimedia Commons. The attribution requirements are stated below.

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Where this drawing is used on the Internet, a link must be included to this page, along with a statement of origin stating that the source of the drawing is this page.

Description
I found a web site about the "240 Landmarks of Japanese Automotive Technology" and was looking at the landmark motorcycles. Second-to-last on the chronologically-ordered list was the "2002 Suzuki Choinori".

Upon opening the page [link] , I saw photos of an odd-looking scooter. The text below the photos described the Choinori as a short-distance commuter scooter that had been carefully studied to reduce mass, rationalize parts, and achieve high quality.

Plastic parts are made of coloured resin so that they don't have to be painted. Nuts and bolts are avoided as far as possible. The complexity, weight, and assembly cost of a pivoting swingarm, rear springs, and rear shock absorbers have been eliminated by, erm, mounting the rear axle directly to the frame! There's a trade-off right there: bottom line vs. bottom-friendliness, and spine friendliness for that matter.

The result of this austerity is a 50cc single-seat scooter that costs Y59,800. It is called "Choi Nori" to reflect its purpose. In Japan, a large, long-distance motorcycle is called a "Toh-nori", or "long ride". "Choi Nori" means "short ride", so the Choi Nori is a short-distance commuter scooter.

The initial sketch was done with a 0.5 mechanical pencil and 2H leads. Cleanup was done with another 0.5 mechanical pencil with 2B leads, and then the cleaned sketch was inked with an extra-fine ballpoint pen, erased, and scanned in black and white. The scan was then enlarged, printed, and traced with the same ballpoint pen. The tracing was scanned in black and white, retouched to erase mistakes, and submitted.

I'm using a Creative Commons Share Alike licence so that anyone who wants to colour it or otherwise modify it is free to do so as long as they also share it on a similar licence. I'm allowing commercial use mainly so that this can be submitted to Wikimedia Commons. The attribution requirements are stated below.

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ATTRIBUTION REQUIREMENTS:
Where this drawing is used on the Internet, a link must be included to this page, along with a statement of origin stating that the source of the drawing is this page.